AGENTINA

Technical Concepts

By Richard Jameson

Delivered by Danisa Guardatti, Dana Toso and Matias Marcaccini

A fantastic workshop by the Argentinian AADIDESS team.  Simple and concise with a unique and fun delivery to get the technical points across.  We had some great powder snow to share with the other nations on the last day of Interski as well.

 

 

The 3 main technical points being:

  1. Efficiency: taking advantage of external forces to minimize use of internal forces (efforts)
  2. Direct edge change
  3. Constant optimal load

 These 3 technical points seam to blend well together allowing the Argentinians to ski very smooth and efficient.  Trying to build pressure through the top of the turn by balancing against the forces and taking it away through the bottom by absorbing and moving the CoM directly across the skis. This seeks to keep the load constant and helps the skier to be more efficient as they flow down the hill.

Here is a brief T-bar explanation from Matias on the 3 technical points:

 

 

Another interesting concept the Argentinians introduced was that of “Visual Anticipation” as a skill highlighted in their skills concept.  The initial warm-up for the workshop involved getting into groups of three and playing with our visual perception and ability to judge distance. In our groups of 3 (mixed countries) we pre-determined a certain number of turns to a point down the run and had to try and hit this number.  1 person got to choose their number of turns, the next was given the number by the group and the final person was given a number but had to look at their ski tips all the way down to try and hit this number!  I was allocated this last one unfortunately – thanks a lot Brenna (USA) and Carla (Denmark) 😊!!  This was a fun icebreaker exercise that also showed how difficult things can be with your decision making when your visual input is taken away.

 

Brenna (USA), Richard (Australia) and Carla (Denmark)

 

Here is Danisa on a T-bar chat expanding on the skill of Visual Anticipation and the AADIDESS technical concepts.

 

A fun workshop by the Argentinian team that concisely highlighted their technical priorities and why they use these to ski efficiently and dynamically.  Gracias AADIDESS Demo Team!!

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